Schoolgirl drowns in Sylhet

A schoolgirl drowned in a pond at Sonapur village in Biswanath upazila on Saturday.The deceased was identified as Ayesha Begum, a class X student of Gobindaganj High School in Chhatak upazila and daughter of Shukur Ali, a resident of Sonapur village in Biswanath upazila.Locals said Ayesha slipped into water and drowned while bathing in the pond near her house at about 2:30am.Later, locals found her floating body in the pond and recovered it.Union Parishad member Ekhlas confirmed the incident. -UNB, Sylhet